- The Chase Freedom Flex and Freedom Flex Unlimited cards have a new sign-up bonus:
– $200 (20,000 Ultimate Rewards) after $500 in spend in three months
– 5x on gas and grocery up to $12,000 in spend in 12 months
The offers will stack. These cards are churnable if you’re under 5/24. (Thanks to DoC) - Delta’s shopping portal has a rare bonus for 1,000 bonus SkyMiles with $400 or more in purchases through August 10 which works out to an additional 2.5x on your first $400 in spend through the portal.
Sadly, Giftcards.com remains absent from airline portals. - Southwest will email you a 50% off of a future flight promotional code if you book two one-ways or one round-trip flight by tomorrow night for travel through the end of September, and of travel on those flights too. A few notes about the promotional code:
– It’s only good for paid fares
– There are block outs for holiday travel between Thanksgiving-ish and New Years-ish
– There are more block outs for travel around MLK day, Valentines Day, and randomly March 3
Because I’m my own kind of special, I investigated what might cause March 3 to be included in the blackouts. The best I can find is it’s exactly one week before Daylight Savings Time which is peak travel for obvious reasons, so hooray I guess? (Thanks to FM) - American Express has a few transfer bonuses for Membership Rewards through August 31. I’ve rated them on a scale of 1-5 because exactly no-one asked me to:
– 15% transfer bonus to Avianca LifeMiles (3 stars)
– 25% transfer bonus to Hilton Honors (2 stars)
– 30% transfer bonus to Iberia Plus Avios (4 stars)
– 30% transfer bonus to British Airways Avios (3.8 stars)
You’ve got to login to see the transfer bonuses, or at least I did. - Chase has a transfer bonus for Ultimate Rewards through September 30. I also rated this one on a scale of 1-5 because I couldn’t help myself:
– 50% transfer bonus to Marriott Bonvoy (1 star)
Remember, a Bonvoy point is probably worth 0.40-0.65 cents in general unless you’re trying to sell someone a credit card, especially when you factor that you’re going to be paying resort fees and parking for your free award stay. So, is (0.40 to 0.65) * 1.5 cents interesting for you for an Ultimate Rewards point?
Sure, the Marriott Igloo Valley looks like a bargain at 12,000 Bonvoy Points, but you still pay the $200 resort fee.